Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and warmer, p rain snow toda and somewhat colder. tomorrow robably light fair Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, at 4 p.m. a,m. yesterday. sterday; lowest, 22, at Full report on page 10. he 0. 985.—No. 29,139. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. BUYING OF SILENCE BY SINCLAIR HOTLY DENIED BY BONFILS, Grueling Quiz by Lenroot Fails to Break Story of Publisher. VOTE ON DENBY OUSTER PLANNED FOR TOMORROW McAdoo to Be Heard—Daugherty Here, Sees Coolidge—Denies Resignation Discussed. Persistent but unsuccessful efforts of Chairman Lenroot to force from Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver (Colo.) Fost, an admission ! that Harry F. Sinclair had purchased | the silence of his newspaper in con- nection with the Teapot Dome lease were made yesterday at another dra- matic session of the Scnate oil com- mittee. Mr. Bonfils w @enials; charged t LDenver had pired the questions, and’ declared that the contract which Sinclair entered into with the pub- lisher and J. Leo Stuck, a Denver oil man, whereby he was to pay them £1,000,000 was in settiement of a liability under contracts which Stack had with Standard Oil subsidiuries whose claims in Teapot Dome Sin- clair previously had purchased for $1,000,000. While the gruelling cro: mina- tion of the publisher by the Wiscon- Bin Senator procecded, the Senate re- newed~its devate on the Denby re nation resolution and finally reach- ed an agrcement to shut off all dis- cussion at 5 p.m. tomorrow and begin | voting on all pending ameidments and finally on the resoiution itself. Adoption of the measure in one form ©or another was for st. s emphatic in his at his enemies in Cabinet Changes Rumored. Simultancous with these events, at the Capitol rumors of fmpending cabiiet changes were revived, but| they were without any verification. Attorney eral Daugherty, whose name frequently has been ‘drawn into the oil discus-ion on the Senate floor, returned from Florida axd immedi ately conferrcd with P’resident Cool- idg; Upon leaving the White House Mr. Duugherty said the oil lease investi- gation had entered largely into the discussion with the E He denied that he had been requested | by the President to return from | Florida, denied he had tendered his| Tesignation and refused to talk about | details of the oil inguiry, Denby Sees President. . Secretary Denby, who had a con- ference with the President after the cabinet meeting Friday, was closet- ed for a long time yesterday with Secretary Weeks, who has been his friend for many years. There were indications that the Senate situation ‘was discussed, but there was no evi- dence that Mr. Denby had changed his anncunced determination to re- main on the job despite the pending resolution asking that he resign. By completing the examination of Mr. Bonfils yesterday, the oil com mittee cleared the to hear Wi liam G. McAdoo tomorrow with re: erence to his prof with the Doben; McAdoo, who i democrati ~i i candidate presidential at h Announcement nomination, own request. was made to the committee by Senator Walsh, demo- t, Montana, that Ggorge Creel, chairman of the committee on public information during the war, had sent him a request Ly telegraph for al hearing. it was agreed, however, that 4 number of other witnesses now in Washinzton would be examined first, Mr. Creel's request grows out of tes- timony by I L. Doheny that he had | adavneed $5,000 Lo Creel, who was to undertake to prevent the leasing of the 0l reserves to republicans after | the democratic administration ended. ! Charges Counspiracy. Resuming his testimony, which was begun Frida Mir. Bontils charged in Tesponse to questions by Senator ! Walsh that there was 2 conspiracy | betw Doheny, Sinclair and “the | Standard Oi} allied companies to let Sinclair have the Teapot Dome as far as they were concerned.” “They having no antagonistic in- terests in California,” Bonfils said, | “they had no objection to letting Mr. Doheny have the naval reserve there and they went into along those lines and the leases were granted.” The witn added that he had “confirmed” that the Mid-West and Pioncer companies, subsidiaries of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, received §1,000,000 in oil from the Sinclair company which took over the Teapot Dome lease. ¥ Asked to Explain Part, Taking over the examination, Chair- man Lenroot demanded to know why Stack had come to Bonfils in the first place to help him indorse his con- tract and what Bonfils was supposed to do. The witness replied that he long had known Stack and that he was to advance the money for all essary cxpenses and a lawyer. Questioning the witness about the two conferences with Sinclair before the $1,000,000 contract was signed, Chairman Lenroot asked if it had oc- curred to him that if the Sinclair leaso was “straight” Sinclair would not have dealth with him at all? *No,” responded the witness. When the chairman wanted to xnow whether the attacks on Sinclair by the Denver Post were discussed at (Continued on Page 9, Column 1) for tne | the agreement ! McADOO PLANS A FIGHT - TO SUCCOR HIS BOOM! No Intention of Quitting, Thdugh Party Leaders Generally Agree His Avail- ability Is BY N. 0, MESSENGER. Announcement is made by Mr. MeAdoo's supporters that he has no intention to submit tamely to the annihilation of what was a perfectly good and highly prom- ising presidential candidacy up to a week ago last Friday. He in- tends to “go to the mat” with those whom he claims are trying to push him off the presidential map. It is asserted in his behalf that he is being™persecuted by Wall street and the “interests,” through = clique of men of his own party who are inimical to him or who favor other candi- dates. 2 The former Secretary of the Treasury and director general of railways in war time “has his fighting clothes on,” it Is sald, and proposes to take his case to the people by going on the stump to 2 WEIDFELDT “GOAT” INFLAGINCIDENTT0 SAVE BERLIN'SFACE, Harden Says Germany In- tended No Affront to American People. BY MAXIMILIAN HARD! By Rudio Dispatch to The Star. BERLIN, February 9.—In the book of Leviticus there is a thorough de- seriptionsof how the scapegoat shall be consecrated, laden with all Israel, and then sent into the desert. The Berlin government is not less in- clined to load the guilt on other per- sons,” who must bear it like the fet- terred goat. From the Lusitania case down to the offer of Carranza to ally himself with Japan and quickly seize Arizona, New Mexico and Texas—always there has been the same casy method of unloading the guilt for mistakes of executive organs, and always there has been the same cleverness in sup- plying new weapons for foreign propaganda, through blind awkward- ness, just < * the moment when senti- ment in favor of Germany was im- proving slightly, Tradition Preserved. It was not difficult to preserve such a glorious tradition in the episode | of the flag on the German embassy at Washington, since supporters of the ancient regime occupy the higher government posts, nevertheless, al- though the writer cannot, with good conscience, either praise or defend the Berlin government, he must de- clare Ioudly that it certainly had not the slightest intention of injuring America’s feelings. Everybody here knows In what friendly manner the United States has treated Germany lately and what thanks this country owes America for the help given to the German poor. The hatefulness of the situa- tion created by the occupation of the Ruhr and by French furthering of wild separatism in the Palatinate had ! won sympathy for Germany, and then— Bing! The flag incident! The writer does not know whether Am- bassador Weldfeldt feels that he has the talent and disposition to play the role of scapegoat. An attempt is being made here by the government and the greater part of the press to lay all the blame on the ambassador and on a young secretary of the Prussian military nobility. Even if the matter were so, the government would be responsible for staffing this most important post with unsuitable men. But it isn't so. Ambassador Weidfeldt has shown himself every- where as a clever man, and he never belonged to the rag™wg nationalists. He went to Washington as the re- sult of long solicitation and remained there, although he wanted to return (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) SHOTS RIDDLE HOUSE IN MOUNTAIN FEUD Second Residence Fired on Near Smithburg, Md., by Men in Truck. 1 i | | | { Special Dispatch to The St HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 9.— |An arrest was expected within the next twenty-four hours following the |second outbreak in the Smithburg lmountalnu last night, when the home Tot Mrs. Bertie Toms was riddled with bullets. A number of the windows were shot out, but no one was in- {jured. The night previous the home of Henry Russman was shot-up by some one passing In a truck. Mrs. Russman narrowly escaped death. The shot, aecording to Glenn Toms, ison of Mrs. Toms, came from & truck Ipassing down the road in front of the house. Toms sald he recognized sev- eral of the men. Mrs. Toms is the woman Who was ejected several months ago from the house of John W. Cline, lumberman and sawmill operator. Following the ejection of Mrs. Toms the home of Cline was “burned and his sawmill dynamited. the | sins and misdeeds of the people of | Sundi WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION ar. 60 cents WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1924 —NINETY-FOUR PAGES. |SEMIMARTIAL LAW PREVAILS IN HERRIN; " 12HELD IN MURDER Mayor and Sheriff Among Those Charged With Killing Constable. Impaired. vindicate himself. He will appeal over the heads of the bosses, who he alleges are after his scalp, to the voters themselves. * X ok % The democratic politicians who hold that Mr. McAdoo's usefulness to the party as a possible nominee has been impaired point out that there has been no assault upen Mr. McAdoo's personal integrity in the testimony thus far adduced, but that his weakened position as a candidate for the nomination seems indisputable. He may be able to strengthen it by his per- sonal testimony before the oil in- vestigating committee tomorrow and those who have been for him right along hope that he will' be. But as the cards fall, in the opinfon of many leading democrats, the party must look first to its TEN MORE COMPANIES OF MILITIA ORDERED Guard Assumes Police Power and Forbids Visitors—Civil Courts Continued. Py the Assoclated Press. HERRIN, 1L, February 9.—Re- stricted martial law prevails in' this city tonight, having been proclaimed by Col. Albert Culbertson, in charge of five companies of state militia (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) —|Sent here after disturbances last night between “wet” and “dry” ele- ments. Eleven men, including Mayor C. E. Anderson and Hugh Willis, of- ficial of the state miners’ union and one of the defendants in the Herrin mine massacre were placed under STANLEY R HARRIS OF THE MATONAS during the disturbance. Washington Second Base- man Will Be Youngest Pilot in the Major Leagues. | Young Given Information. The arrests were made on @ war- rant sworn out on information fur- nished by §. Glenn Young, dry worker and one of the leading figures in the recent dry raids in the county. Young said all the men were In the party when Cagle -was killed. Those under arrest in addition to Mayor Anderson and Willis are: Jim Davis, John Murray, J. W. Brown, Al- . E N vin Thomas, Hezzie Byrn and M. J. BESHRNMA N THONESDN. Trout, Pete Smith, James Johnson and Bucky Harris gets the job. Minus|{ora Thomas, all sheriffs. a manager since last October, when! gherifft George Galligan also has 1 Donie Bush's contract expired. Clark | peen placed under arrest in connec- | Grifiith last night put a quietus onijon with Cagle's death. speculation that has gripped the fans for nearly four months by announcing | j the appointment of his highly prized | second sacker as field boss of the Visitors Are Forbidden. The militia has taken over the po- lice powcrs of the city and visitors Yationgls for 1924. Thus Stanley|have heen instructed to refrain en Raymond Harris, who celebrated his|tering the city over Sunday and Mon- twenty-seventh birthday last fall, Is)days. The courts will be permitted elevated after just four seasons in|to function with civil authorities in | i % | | !local livery to the triangular task of | charge, Col. Cuiberton said. He add- manager, captain and second baseman | ed that {uil martial law “would not of the Washington ball club, earns|be proclaimed in the county. the distinction of being the youngest| Decision to apply restricted mertial helmsman in the big leagues and|law was reached tonight, after Col. takes rank alongside such notables|Culbertson had been in communi- as Tris Speaker of Cleveland, Ty Cobb | cation with Adjt. Gen. Black at of Detroit and Dave Bancroft of Bos- | Springfield, who ordered the dispatch ton as the only playing pilots in the| 5 Column 1) majors. | Selection of Harris for a post Ini which George McBride, Clyde Milan | “(Tontinued on Page and Owen Bush failed to attain any | notable results in successive seasons | will come as a surprise only to those ! unacquainted with Bucky's potential | qualifications for the post. Harris is| a keen student of base ball and while | aggressive to a degree has a pleasing | personality that enables him to get along amicably with his mates and; fight hard for everything in sight without Incurring the ill will of the umpires. His co-workers and the arbiters all recognize that Harris is fairminded and earnest and that if he protests long and loudly it is only when believing his squawks are Justi- fled. . 2 Although comparatively young in base ball, both as to age and years of service, Harris has a mental pois that would do credit to a man many 'BEGIN MELLON BILL DEBATE THURSDAY Republican Leaders to Hold Tax Measure Before House Until Disposed Of. Deeision by republican House leaders to take up the Mellon tax jbill in the House next Thursday and | to hold it before that body until dis-| | posed of was communicated to Presi- = T SOUNDED LIKE A CALL For? “HOMER) WITH HIS EAR TO THE GROUND. ‘SLAIN LAWSON GIRL FRIEND OF DOT KING !Chorus Girl’s Story Throws { Light on Murder of New York Actress. By the Associated Press. New York, February 9.—A girl from the Follies tonight disclosed to detec- tives a link between the Louise Law- son murder of yesterday and the still- | unsoived mystery "of Dorothy King | (Kennan's) slaying a year ago. “Lou” Lawson, the twenty-four- year-old actress-musician and play- mate of wealthy men, was strangled to | | i jdeath in her; luxurious apartment off | i Central Park West, by two men, who | robbed her of valuable jewelry and es- caped without leaving a clue. Under almost identical circum- stances, “Dot” King, another recipient of the attentions of wealthy men, was chloroformed to death and robbed last year in the costly home on 5th avenue she called “the nest.” Lou and Dot Pals. The Dot King murder remaincd a mystery’ and that of Lou Lawson promised to develop into one, until i i a pledge that her name be kept secret, disclosed that Dot and Lou had been pals. Her story, set along- {side evidence already accumulated indicating that the crimes were al- most identical in detail, convinced authorities that Dot King and Lou Lawson were slain by the same men or by members of a clique of cabaret habitues whom both girls had known. The detectives’ informant also dis- closed that the two clain girls, be- sides being pals, were equally close friends of Hilda Ferguson, a chorus i girl, who frequently had figured in the year-old investigation of the Dot King murder. today the Follies girl, talking under | years his senior. His intetest in i sports are varied, as he Is an ardent huntsman, was a crack basket ball player until two years ago, when he | ! gave up the indoor game for fear of | the effect on his legs of playing on unylelding wooden floors, and became an enthusiastic and quite accomplish- ed golfer after taking up the royal and ancient game a year ago last fall. The fact that Harris also has re- | consider major legislation in this nounced the links in the belief that| order: Taxes, Immigration, Musclo swinging irons and niblicks might | ghoals and soldier bonus, with ap- have an adverse effect on his batting | propriation measures sandwiched in- illustrates the deadly earnestness of | petween. (Continued on Page 1, Sports Section.) ) HEIRESSES MISSING’ leffort to adjourn by June 1 and that POLITICAL PLOT SEEN .0 o moreance. ithe possibility of pacsage of the Mel- ilon bill Representative Longworth ldeclared that it would be impossible %o obtain House approval for the sur- tax rate of 26 per cent embodied in dent Coolidge yesterday by Repre- publican leader, and Chairman Snell of the House rules committee. with the President the Hope to Adjonrn in June, The President also was told that j{House leaders proposed to make every Wealthy @irls, 20 and 15 Years 0ld, Believed Kidnaped by Foes of Dead Father. By the Assoclated Press. 'the President. The best possible rate sentative Longworth of Ohio, the re-| The two House leaders discussed; legislative | program of their body and told him | that an attempt would be made to. they considered tax legislation as of | ithe Mellon bill and recommended by | SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 9.— to be hoped for, Mr. Longworth said, 5 ld be more than 25 per cent, but Political intrigue, the ownership of WOU iderably less than 44 a huge ranch in Mexico and a fortune Sifxsiasly 1 Loibar proposed by democrats. of more than one million pesos figure The leaders plan of taking up the |in a search which is centering around tax bill to sidetrack temporary ap- Tia Juana and the Mexican border Propriation measures, but to consider for two wealthy Mexican girls, E1. (N® SUPPLY bills should the tax debate be prolonged. No arrangement: u: vira Larriva and her sister, Maria b e st far have been made for the placing + Political enemies of the father, Louisa Larriva who are belleved to of railroad legislation on the pro- have - been kidnaped, police an- gram. nounced here today. The two sisters, | BochrBETths Cbtad bamie |aged twenty -and fifteen years, are SRME L | from Los Angeles, and are thoughe to| | Representative Begs, Sapuhioan, o, who complet yesterday a poll ]”"" been kidnaped from that eity. | o0 T o bliCan sthte. delgations, he Birlo came to Los Angeles from | o019 tnat the -Mellon surtax rates forrear. In the Mexica state of Cos-| oy doomed. : The mazimam, e add uila, last August, having been sent 2 . to the United States by their father ed, would have to be fixed at between because of tumultuous conditions n |32 20 40 per cent The committee | Mexico. With the girl: had reported the Mellon rate of 25 !brothers and four sisters, | | |Per cent. The present rate s 60 per A short time ago the father i . two girls died, leaving as p-no‘:, ":: Chairman Green of the House ways immense fortune a ranch of 900,000 (24 means committee, who will re- acres. It has been impossible to(POrt the revenue bill to the House close the estate owing to the disap- |tOmOrrow, sald, after & conference pearance of the heiresses. yesterday with Representatives Long- It 18 belleved by the police here that | Worth and Snell and Speaker Glllett. the two were kidnapped either with |that an effort would;be made to get the ‘idea of collecting ransom or by | the megsure through the House with- « Chorus-Girl Clique. “Dot and Lou were together a lot before Dot was mufered.” the Fol- lles girl was reported to have told detectives, ' “I have always thought Lou thought much more about Dot's death than she dared tell, and that she could have implicated certain people.” She told of a clique of musical comedy !chorus girls, including herself, who !had chummed together assoclating {with the “samc gentleman friends,” {dancing nightly at chosen Broadway cgbarets and entertaining at parties lin each other's apartments. “Lou was friendly with that crowd, (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) TROOPS DISPATCHED T0 QUELL FANATICS Filipino Constabulary Prepares to Scatter Last of Religious Agitators. By the Assotated Press. MANILA, February 9.—Threats of i trouble in Leyte province on the part ithe dispatch of a force of 109 con- ! stabulary to strategic points in that alstrict. { Many. of the leaders In the recent lof religious fanatics today led to| TODAY’S STAR ’ PART ONE—32 Pages. | General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political Survey—Pages 4 and 5. | | Schools and Coileges—Page 18. ! | Maryland and Virginia News—Page 19. 1Radio News and Gossip—Pages 26 and 27. | District National Guard—Page 28. | Financial News—Pages 28 and 29. Fraternities—Page 30. PART TWO—14 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. { Washington and Other Society. Tales of WeH Known Folk—Pages 8 and 9. D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. News of the Clubs—Page 12. | Parent.-Teacher Activities—Page 13. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 13. PART THREE—12 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 5. | Behind the Screen—Pages 5 and 12. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 9. The Civilian Army—Page 10, Army and Navy News—Page 10. Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. Young Folks' Page—Page 11. Girls and Their Affairs—Page 11. Boy and Girl Scouts—Page 11. Reviews of New Books—Page 12. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S8 Pages. i Magazine Sect.on—Features and Fiction. | | PART SIX—8 Pages. Classified Advertising. Serial, “The Magnificent Adventurer— Page 8. At tie Community Centers—Page 8. Veterans of the Great War—Page 8. Around the City—Page 8. | GRAPHIC SECTION—I12 Pages. World Events in Pictures. Four Pages Special lllustrations of the | Life and Funeral of Woodrow Wilson COMIC SECTION—1 Pages. B Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; and ‘Mrs.; Mutt-and Jeff. . RENT SURVEY PROPOSED BY BALL Extension of Commission’s| Life Seen Hinging Upon. Result of Inquiry. | Mr. | I i | A ‘survey of rental properties for dwelling purposes in Washington will be proposed in a resolution which Senator Ball, chairman of the District committee and author of the District of Columbia Rent Commission act, proposes to introduce in the Senate this week. The survey will. be made by a subcommittee of the District committee working in conjunction with the District Commissioners. The purpose of the survey is to ob- ftain dcfinite ‘information regarding |the need. of continuing or making ! permanent the District Rent Commis- sion. Senator Ball has already intro- duced a bill proposing to make the Rent Commission permanent. Value of Survey. Senator Ball said yesterday afternoon iitles ANQUIRY IN BUREAU BY HOUSE URGED Blanton Raps Newspapers and Puts Madden on Record Saying Hill Is Efficient. Demand was made on the floor of the House late yesterday for ap- pointment of a select committee to investigate the charges of irregular- t the bureau of engraving and printing, and to pass upon the evi- dence which Charles B. Brewer of : the Department of Justice has placed in a safe deposit box, the key of which is held by Representative King of Hlinois, The republicans were advised by Representative Otis Wingo, democrat, of Arkansas, that they should au- | thorize a study of the evidence by some level-headed members of the House to protect the reputation of the Secretary of the Treasury, to i meet the charge of “weak-kneedness"” and to assure bondholders, who are now deeply concerned. Representative Thomas L. Blanton | of Texas started a spirited debate | when he put Chairman Madden of | the appropriations committee on | record, during consideration of bu- ! reau of engraving and printing items ! in the Treasury Department appro- ! priation bill, to the effect that Louis | Hill, the director of the bureau has been an eflicient administrative of- | ficer. i Blanton Raps Newspapers. “Every man in this House, demo- crat and republican alike, ought to back him up in it, because there has been a saving to the government,” aid Mr. Blanton,-“and to let these little newspapers here hound the man who has brought that about and say they are going to kick him out of office every day should not be per- | | mitted. H “I say that ought to be stopped, and we ought to let the newspapers know that not only the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Madden), but Congress, is behind Director Hill in the efficient methods he has brought about and the savings he has made for the peo- ple.” Representative La Guardia of New York, author of the resolution calling for an investigation, and one of a delegation of members of the House (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) CREDIT RELIEF SPEE BEYOND EXPECTATION More Than, Half of the $10,000,000 Required Is Raised Already for Northwest States. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 9.—More than “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. SENATORS SUPPORT ORYAN REPORT ON VETERANS' BUREAU Official Text Practically Same as Printed in Star More Than Month Ago. ATTACK ON COL. FORBES FEATURES DOCUMENT Former Director Is Scored as Neither Able Nor Honorable. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Verlfying in every essentlal detail two news storles published exclusive- 1y in The Star on January 7 and 8, the Senate committee investigating the United States Veterans' Bureau, filed in the Senate late yesterday its “second preliminary report,” which included the report of Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan, counsel of the committee. In The Star on January 7, it was disclosed that the O'Ryan report, cov- ering nine months of investigation, which had been submitted to the committee, contained sensational in- {dictments of Col. Charles R. Forbes, { charging graft, and conspiracy to de- | fraud, and concluding that ‘the out- { standing cause of unsatistactory con- | ditions” in the bureau, which led to the Senate investigation, was its | “leadership during the encumbency {of Col. Charles R. Forbes.” That { Forbes was “neither able nor hon- jorabie in the conduct of his office was | another quotation made in the ex- itract from the O'Ryan report. ! The Star on January 8 quoted | specific recommendations made in the { O'Ryan report for greater economy | and efliciency in the Veterang' Bureau { while affording to the country’s |heroes a more sincerely helpful ! humanitarian care. ! Statement by Reed. | Speaking in the Senats chamber jon June S, Senator David A. Reed iof Pennsylvaria, chairman of the | Senate committee investigating the Veterans' Bureau, asked the Senate ! attention to the newspaper extracts.” He said “what sppeared in the newspapers is not in any sense {an approved, or authorized, or final | statement from the committee or | from its counsel.” He then notified the Senate that “we hope to have | our final report, including that part | of counsel's report with which we | agree, ready for the Senate within i ten days.” Thirty-two days later—yesterday— {Senator Reed in putting Maj. Gen. | O'Ryan’s report, exactly as it had been quoted in The Star, before the Senate, submitted the “second pr-lim- inary report” for his committee, which said with reference to the O'Ryan report: “While the fipdings and recommen- dations in Gen. O'Ryan’s report are his own and are not the findings or recommendations of the comumittee, it is nevertheless the fact that the com- mittee fully concurs in nearly all of his findings and that the committec has embodied in its proposed code nearly all of his legislative recom- mendations. “The committee takes this further opportunity of stating its opinion that Gen. O'Ryan and his assistants deserve high pra for their able, fearless and thorough service through out this investigation. Disclosures in Report. “Since the conclusion of the hear- ings of the committee, and as a result of the disclosures in those hearings, the Department of Justice has been furnished with the written evidenco and the transcript of the testimony taken before the committee, and is now presenting these matters to a grand jury impaneled at Chicago, Ill. These criminal proceedings, together wtih Gen. O'Ryan’s discussion and conclusions in his report herewith filed, will probably render unnece isary an cxtended discussion by the committee on the dishonesty and In- | competence shown in the Veterans' ! Bureau and its predecessor, the War. i Risk Insurance Bureau, until the di- | rection of the burecau was taken over | by Director Hines in March, 1923. | “The committee agrees with Gen. O'Ryan's characterization of the wretched Incompetence, waste, and dishonesty of the administration of the bureau under Director Forbes. The record of that administration might be more easily forgiven If the disabled veterans,' for whom the country intended so much, had actu- i i half of the capital for the new $10,- ' a)ly received the benefits that they 000,006 service corporation for the|ere meant to receive. But the dis- relief of the stringent credit situation ' peartening truth is that many of the in the northwestern states already men who had charge of the bureau has been subscribed by eastern bank- | quring that period flouted the sacred ers,'Ralph Van Vechten, vice presi- trust that had been reposed in them dent of the Continental and Commer-{and their treatment of disabled clal National Bank of Chicago and a ! soldiers and sailors was harsh, un- member of the organization commit-; fair, and often brutal. x tee, announced tonight. { outbreaks in Surigao province origi- | that such a survey would be of great nally came from Leyte. There have value to Congress in reaching a de- been rumblings of trouble for some | termination on the proposal to make | days, and the force of constabulary |the Rent Commission a permAndnt had been held in readiness for dis- lestablishment here. The survey would patch thither for séveral days. “|be made, he sald, by the District Meanwhile constabulary officers are | commissioners and his resolution wili | arranging to use artillery, if need |aythorize the expenditure of probably | be, to scatter the remnant of fanatics . g5,000 for the survey, to be paid out who are on Bucas Island, where oc-io¢ the Senate contingent fund. curred the first clash, in which nine- | po gaid they will show how many: teen members of the constabulary empty houses and apartments there and more than fifty fanatics lost their | gre at present and what demand there | lives. |is for apartments and houses, par-| The officers assert the artillery will | tjcularly of a moderate rental price, be used unless this remnant surrend- j and whether the empty houses and| ers within a_short time. Many al- | gpartments are empty because of pro- ready have surrendered and others|nibitive rentals demanded. have returned to their homes, but Senator Ball is In receipt of re- several hundred stubbornly hold their | quests that business houses be in- position on. the island and refuse to cluded In any proposed extension of disperse. i o aisicu— tho TEnt ack 1 ettt “The New York city quota of the | new capital has been fully sub- scribed,” Mr. Van Vechten said. “If the bankers of the middle west do as well, the new organization should be ready to begin business quicker than was originally expected. “The organization work is proceed- ing, under the direction of the com- mittee appointed at the President’s conferénce at Washington last Mon- day, in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, ' Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Our reports are most en-- couraging up to date. We are con- fident that the bankers of Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul will respond to the needs of the situation in the northwestern states.” A meeting of the organization com- mittee will be held in Chicago Thurs- day, at which reports on capital sub- scriptions ;will be recelved, .. “The committee will make a further { report, dealing particularly with the hospitals of the Veterans' Bureau, and giving a summary of the reasons why the previous administration of the bureau has failed to attain the results intended by Congress.” In making his investigation Gen. ! O'Ryan organized a corps of as- sistant investigators, numbering ap- proximately 600 lawyers, 550 doctors | and 200 special agents. Care of Disabled. With reference to the administra- tion of Col. Forbes the O'Ryan re- port, extracts from which were quot- ed in The Star's report on January 7 says: | “While many of the shortcomings of the government's effort on behalt ! of the disabled can be traced to the ! novelty and the magnitude of the undertaking, to, the haste which (Continued on Page 9, Column 1)